2022 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy

The 2022 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy (also called 2022 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy powered by ESET for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth season of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy.

Calendar[edit]

The TCR Eastern Europe calendar was launched on November 26, 2021 and includes six events in six countries.^[1]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date
1	1	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	8–10 April
1	2	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	8–10 April
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	4–5 June
2	4	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	4–5 June
3	5	Tor Poznań, Poznań, Poland	24–26 June
3	6	Tor Poznań, Poznań, Poland	24–26 June
4	7	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	23–24 July
4	8	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	23–24 July
5	9	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	20–21 August
5	10	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	20–21 August
6	11	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	2–4 September
6	12	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	2–4 September

Teams and drivers[edit]

Kumho Tires is the single tire supplier for the TCR Eastern Europe 2022 season.^[2]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
Basenhurt A&T Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	2	Tomasz Rzepecki	J T	All
Basenhurt A&T Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	34	Adam Rzepecki	T	5–6
AK Olimpija	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	3	Robert Pravdič	T	4–5
Fullín Race Academy	Cupra León Competición TCR	14	Petr Čížek		All
		22	Carol Wittke		1–2
		22	Petr Fulín		6
Lema Racing	Cupra León TCR	17	Grega Šimunović	T	4
Steibel Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	23	Sebastian Steibel	T	All	^[3]
Janik Motorsport	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	24	Jáchym Galáš	J	1	^[4]
		70	Maťo Homola		1, 5	^[4]
		68	Petr Semerád	J T	5	^[4]
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	68	Petr Semerád	J T	1–4, 6	^[4]
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	73	Václav Janík	T	All	^[4]
Zsille Motorsport	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	27	Levente Losonczy	J T	1–2
Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia^[5]	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	27	Levente Losonczy	J	5	^[5]
ASK Vesnic	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	31	Milovan Vesnić	T	1–2, 4
CS-Motorsport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	33	Sanel Cehic	T	1–3
RaceSing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	34	Patrick Sing	J T	2	^[6]
Aditis Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	38	Radim Adámek	T	4–6
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	38	Radim Adámek	T	1–3	^[7]
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	97	Bartosz Groszek	T	All	^[7]
	Cupra León TCR	82	Vít Smejkal	T	2, 5–6
Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	74	Žarko Knego		All	^[8]
Besagroup Vukovic Motorsport	Renault Mégane R.S TCR	75	Milenko Vukovic		1–3	^[9]
		76	Franjo Kovac	T	1–2
		76	Milan Vukovic	T	3

Results[edit]

Rnd.		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning Junior driver
1	1	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	Bartosz Groszek	Maťo Homola	Bartosz Groszek	Aditis Racing	Petr Semerád
1	2	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary		Jáchym Galáš	Jáchym Galáš	Janik Motorsport	Jáchym Galáš
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	Milenko Vukovic	Petr Semerád	Patrick Sing	RaceSing	Patrick Sing
2	4	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria		Petr Semerád	Milenko Vukovic	Besagroup Vukovic Motorsport	Petr Semerád
3	5	Tor Poznań, Poznań, Poland	Petr Semerád	Petr Semerád	Petr Semerád	Janik Motorsport	Petr Semerád
3	6	Tor Poznań, Poznań, Poland		Petr Semerád	Bartosz Groszek	Aditis Racing	Petr Semerád
4	7	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	Bartosz Groszek	Bartosz Groszek	Milovan Vesnić	ASK Vesnic	Petr Semerád
4	8	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia		Race Cancelled
5	9	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Janík Motorsport	Petr Semerád
5	10	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia		Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Janík Motorsport	Petr Semerád
6	11	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Fullín Race Academy	Petr Semerád
6	12	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic		Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Fullín Race Academy	Tomasz Rzepecki

Drivers' standings[edit]

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Fastest Lap
Qualifying	3	2	1	—
Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Pos.	Driver	HUN		RBR		POZ		GRO		SVK		MOS		Pts.
1	Bartosz Groszek	1¹	4	4	4	2	1	2¹	C	4	3	4	4	180
2	Petr Semerád	4	2	Ret²	2	1¹	2	3³	C	2²	2	3	Ret	169
3	Petr Čížek	6	7	2³	8	3²	4	4	C	3	4	2³	5	134
4	Václav Janík	Ret	12	3	3	5³	3	6	C	7	5	6	2	106
5	Sebastian Steibel	7	9	5	9	6	6	5	C	5	8	5²	3	87
6	Maťo Homola	2³	6							1¹	1			83
7	Milenko Vukovic	3	3	Ret¹	1	4	9†							72
8	Petr Fulín											1¹	1	55
8	Tomasz Rzepecki	8	5	7	6	8	5	10	C	12	7	Ret	10	50
10	Patrick Sing			1	5									35
11	Levente Losonczy	5	NC	6	13†	WD	WD			6³	6			35
12	Milovan Vesnić	Ret	10	Ret	7			1²	C					34
13	Jáchym Galáš	Ret²	1											28
14	Žarko Knego	11	13	Ret	Ret	10	7	11†	C	9	Ret	8	6	21
15	Radim Adámek	10	14	9	Ret	9	8	7	C	13	DNS	10	8	20
16	Adam Rzepecki									8	Ret	7	7	10
17	Vít Smejkal	WD	WD	8	10					11	10	9	9	10
18	Robert Pravdič							8	C	10	9			7
19	Milan Vukovic					7	Ret							6
20	Carol Wittke	Ret	8	11	Ret	WD	WD	WD	WD					4
21	Sanel Cehic	9	11	10	12	Ret	DNS							3
22	Grega Šimunović							9	C					2
23	Franjo Kovac	12	15	Ret	11									0
Pos.	Driver	HUN		RBR		POZ		GRO		SVK		MOS		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.

References[edit]

^ "TCR Eastern Europe announces six race calendar for 2022". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "TCR Eastern Europe announces Kumho as new tyre supplier". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Sebastian Steibel welcomes the addition of Trophy class, also looks for first win". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Janík Motorsport will field four cars at Hungaroring". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Levente Losonczy makes Aggressive Team Italia switch". TouringCarTimes. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Patrick Sing is looking forward to trying TCR Eastern Europe". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "ADITIS Racing team: New name, new ambitions". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Žarko Knego changed cars and hopes for better results". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Vuković Motorsport will enter TCR Eastern Europe series". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links[edit]

[Calendar-1] "TCR Eastern Europe announces six race calendar for 2022". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[Kumho-2] "TCR Eastern Europe announces Kumho as new tyre supplier". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[Steibel-3] "Sebastian Steibel welcomes the addition of Trophy class, also looks for first win". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[Janik-4] "Janík Motorsport will field four cars at Hungaroring". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[LosonczyElantraN-5] "Levente Losonczy makes Aggressive Team Italia switch". TouringCarTimes. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[Sing-6] "Patrick Sing is looking forward to trying TCR Eastern Europe". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[Aditis-7] "ADITIS Racing team: New name, new ambitions". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[Knego-8] "Žarko Knego changed cars and hopes for better results". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[Vukovic-9] "Vuković Motorsport will enter TCR Eastern Europe series". asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

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